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MARCH 24, 2009

Hulu , the online video service which is a joint venture of NBC Universal and News Corp., According to comScore's Video Metrix data from February, Hulu climbed into the number 4 position in terms of viewers in the U.S., According to comScore, Hulu served up 332.5 Hulu also saw a big boost in unique viewers, to 34.7

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The formation of Hulu was defensive – designed to stop another YouTube or Napster from emerging and causing disruption to the TV industry. To say that the tech elite were cynical of Hulu’s launch would be an understatement , but by the time it launched just a few months later it was getting great reviews. Here is my case: 1.

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MARCH 17, 2010

Side note: LA seems to have had some success in mega deals led by private equity firms as evidenced by DemandMedia and Chris DeWolf’s latest company backed by more than $20 million in private equity. My messages a) it can be done b) these have produced tremendous financial results and c) these were all innovators in monetization.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

We're the venture capital arm of Saban Capital Group, which is Haim Saban's investment vehicle and private equity firm, which he founded in 2001. There's lots of examples--iTunes, which is now a dominant player, opportunities like Hulu, which didn't exist until recently.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

We're the venture capital arm of Saban Capital Group, which is Haim Saban's investment vehicle and private equity firm, which he founded in 2001. There's lots of examples--iTunes, which is now a dominant player, opportunities like Hulu, which didn't exist until recently.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2011

We are a venture capital growth equity fund in Washington DC with about $500m invested. This potential merger is another example of media companies getting together in what seems like a monopolistic way that still might find itself as prey for market innovation of the future; like Hulu for example. Revolution, what is it?

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MARCH 12, 2013

Those include quite a few brands you probably recognize, including Twitter, Hulu, Pinterest, EMI, Wordpress, Break.com, and a whole host of other companies. We're privately funded today, with some equity from Menlo Ventures and Steamboat Ventures. That might be debt, or public and private markets.

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